Undermined argument?
Can you help me out with this? How many workers were unionized, say after WWII throughout the 60's, when the middle class was growing in this country as opposed to how many there are now?
I worked at a place in my youth that did it this way. After the union negotiated their contract, most always amicably, salaried workers generally received similar changes. That benefited most everyone there. In that way they helped pull all of us up a bit. Is there something wrong with that?
I'll state again - I am not a union member or supporter. I also think in their present form, they probably cause more harm than good.
Absolutely.
Take cars, for example. Those "hand ups" that were negotiated then for generous health and pensions plans now cost "legacy" American auto companies up to $3000 per vehicle TODAY.
The workers of today were sold into chains for the "comfort" of the past generation.
Collective bargaining is one thing. Getting safe working conditions is one thing. But what unions squeezed out of this country in competitiveness was immoral.
I don't blame Unions per se, I blame the boomer gimme-gimme mentality that fueled them. Same as with Social Security.